Red lip theology : for church girls who've considered tithing to the beauty supply store when Sunday morning isn't enough / Candice Marie Benbow ; foreword by Melissa Harris-Perry.
We are good creation : skin care -- Suing God for back child support : primer -- God and other reformed helicopter parents : foundation -- God made me Black : brows, eye shadow, liner, and lashes -- Amazing grace for side chicks : contour and concealer -- We should all be womanists : bronzer -- Survived by a special friend : blush -- Black lace teddies and other pieces I rock under the anointing : highlighter -- Leaving church : lip primer, liner, lip gloss, and lipstick -- Psalm 90:12 : setting spray.
Summary:
"A moving essay collection promoting freedom, self-love, and divine wholeness for Black women and opening new levels of understanding and ideological transformation for non-Black women and allies-from the "bona fide church girl" and educator who created the "Lemonade Syllabus." Blurring the boundaries of righteous and irreverent, Red Lip Theology invites us to discover freedom in a progressive Christian faith that incorporates activism, feminism, and radical authenticity. Essayist and theologian Candice Marie Benbow's essays explore universal themes like heartache, loss, forgiveness, and sexuality, and she unflinchingly empowers women who struggle with feeling loved and nurtured by church culture. Benbow writes powerfully about experiences at the heart of her Black womanhood. In honoring her single mother's love and triumphs-and mourning her unexpected passing-she finds herself forced to shed restrictions she'd been taught to place on her faith practice. And by embracing alternative spirituality and womanist theology, and confronting staid attitudes on body positivity and LGBTQ+ rights, Benbow challenges religious institutions, faith leaders, and communities to reimagine how faith can be a tool of liberation and transformation for women and girls"-- Provided by publisher.
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